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Contractor shall remove dead shrubs and backfill to existing grade with <br />imported soil as necessary to maintain a consistent finished grade. <br />Sinkholes will not be acceptable as it represents a liability to the City. <br />Replacements of shrubs will be approved by Projects Manager or <br />designee. <br />Wall vines adjacent to and coming from City landscapes are a part of the <br />maintenance of this contract. Wall vines shall be kept trimmed <br />approximately four (4) inches from the wall and eight (8) inches below the <br />top of the wall. Where wall vines have been allowed to grow over the top <br />of the wall, the Contractor shall keep wall vines trimmed down to the top <br />of the wall. Wall vines may require trimming two or more times per month <br />during the growing season. <br />1) Pruning <br />All shrubs growing in the work areas shall be pruned as required, <br />to maintain plants in a healthy growing condition and to maintain <br />plant growth within reasonable bounds to prevent encroachment <br />of passage ways, walks, streets, view of signs or in any manner <br />deemed objectionable by the Projects Manager or designee. <br />Dead or damaged limbs or branches shall be cleaned out and <br />removed with sharp pruning tools with no projections or stubs <br />remaining. Pruning shall be done in a manner to permit plants to <br />grow naturally in accordance with their normal growth <br />characteristics except box hedging may be required on some <br />shrubs, as designated by the Projects Manager or designee. <br />Shear hedging or severe pruning of plants, unless authorized by <br />the Projects Manager or designee, shall not be permitted. Should <br />the Contractor shear hedges or severely prune plants and <br />disfigure or damage the plants, the contractor shall be responsible <br />for replacing those plants with like kind and size as determined by <br />the Projects Manager or designee. The Contractor may be <br />requested from time to time to raise the bottom or lower the tops <br />of the shrubs for security reasons. This shall be considered <br />routine maintenance and performed at no extra cost to the City. <br />2) Fertilization <br />All shrubs shall be fertilized using a complete fertilizer (such as <br />16-6-8) four (4) times per year. The rate of application shall be <br />two (2) pounds of actual nitrogen per 1,000 square feet. Proof of <br />application in the form of empty fertilizer bags may be requested <br />at any time by the Projects Manager or designee. Advanced <br />notice shall be given the Projects Manager or designee prior to <br />performing this task. <br />3) Renovation <br />Shrubs shall be thinned and pruned, separated and/or relocated <br />for the health of the planting and the appearance of the site, and <br />25E-30